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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Rose's husband when Jack saw Rose after the time had elapsed following their first meeting?
(a) In another town running a new practice.
(b) Living with another woman.
(c) Dead.
(d) Missing and no one knows where he is.

2. What is Jack's relationship with Clara?
(a) He provides money for her.
(b) He is very close to her.
(c) They live in the same house, but they fight all of the time.
(d) They used to like each other, but now they don't.

3. How is Rose living during the second period of time in which Jack encounters her?
(a) Depressed.
(b) With friends.
(c) In filth.
(d) Alone.

4. What does the preacher do during Jack's service?
(a) Sings.
(b) Prays the rosary.
(c) He gives a lengthy concluding prayer.
(d) Talks about Jack and his accomplishments.

5. When Ruth learned about Jack's new relationship with Rose, what was her reaction?
(a) Ruth was thrilled.
(b) Ruth was hurt.
(c) Ruth was happy because she knew that the new business arrangement would give them more money.
(d) She didn't care.

6. Why is Mat annoyed on the day of the funeral?
(a) The preacher doesn't do the simple service that was requested.
(b) Clara talks for too long.
(c) Andy comes home to tell everyone about college.
(d) His wife is working on her car during the service.

7. What is Andy's girlfriend enamored by?
(a) Becoming a business owner.
(b) Farming life.
(c) Andy's superior education.
(d) Urban, upper class life.

8. What is the reason for Mat's reaction to Jack's death?
(a) They had been friends for over sixty years, but Mat knows it was time for Jack to go.
(b) Mat did not think that it was time for Jack to die.
(c) Jack had tried to take Mat's wife.
(d) They weren't that close.

9. How does Jack feel about television?
(a) He could take it or leave it.
(b) He loves it.
(c) He never turns it off.
(d) It is an annoyance.

10. What was significant about Rose McInnis's marriage?
(a) The fought in public constantly.
(b) She and her husband were both under 20.
(c) They were in the midst of a very public divorce.
(d) It was so strange that the people in town thought it was an odd marriage.

11. What was the relationship between Jack and Glad?
(a) Business-like.
(b) Deep.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Superficial.

12. What does Mat realize the Pettit's want?
(a) To live a simple life.
(b) To get out of the state altogether.
(c) To amass wealth for as little effort as possible.
(d) To get a divorce.

13. What does Jack's lawyer inform Jack's tenant when he arrives on the farm?
(a) That the farm land is going to be donated to a developer in town.
(b) That the farm is going to be given to Mat.
(c) That Jack wanted the tenant to buy the farm at half price after his death.
(d) That the farm is going to Clara.

14. Once Mat determines that Jack is dead, what does he do?
(a) He falls into is wife's arms in grief.
(b) He goes back to his own work, thinking about Jack.
(c) He tells everyone in town that Jack is dead.
(d) He prepares everything for Jack's burial.

15. After Ben's death, how did Jack view Mat?
(a) Jack wanted to become the father Mat never had.
(b) Mat was irresponsible and still needed to grow up.
(c) He was showing signs of promise but then backtracked once his father died.
(d) Mat had grown into a man worthy of his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mat finds that Jack is dead, what is his reaction?

2. How did the townspeople find out about the change in relationship between Jack and Rose?

3. What is the best description of Glad Pettit's financial status?

4. What were Jack's wishes for burial?

5. What was Glad Pettit's occupation?

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